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The National Treasures Project is still growing and the exhibition & TV series launches in April! Explore over 5000 objects added to the archive by visiting www.nationaltreasures.ie... See MoreSee Less

"1920s Dress. This belonged to my grand aunt May, maiden name Hynes. She lived in Co. Offally and her family were very steeped in Republicanism - her brothers were in the IRA and herself in Cumann na mBan. My grandmother recalled an incident when the Black and Tans knocked down the door and they were confronted by my grand aunt with a hurley in her hand - they threatened to shoot her, they were looking for my grand uncle who wasn't there, so they smashed up the house. I don't know who made the dress. She married an accountant in the late 20's and they were quite well off."
Thanks to Alison Killilea
Add you object to the story of modern Ireland by visiting www.nationaltreasures.ie

Delighted to release new functionality on the National Treasures project. You can now search the database using decade, theme and county! How is your county represented in the archive?
Explore the archive now www.nationaltreasures.ie

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to the last Roadshow in Cork this weekend. We've had an amazing time travelling the country over the past month, meeting many amazing objects and extraordinary people. Watch this space for updates on the National Treasures TV programme and exhibition which will be coming soon in the new year.
Keep adding your stories and your objects to the story of modern Ireland here: www.nationaltreasures.ie

Produced by the Man on Bridge team and the wonderful folk at Collins Press, this BRAND NEW "Man on the Bridge" photobook is the last chapter of the project and brings fantastic closure to a three year campaign to collect the photos of Arthur Fields and tell his story. Another crowd-sourced publication made up completely by your photos, this final book captures Dublin as it was lived and as it was enjoyed over a fifty year period.
The launch of this new photobook is free and open-to-all.
There will be wine and there will be some very special guests!
Pre-order your copy now by visiting www.manonbridge.ie/shop